A location-inventory model for the sustainable supply chain of perishable products based on pricing and replenishment decisions: A case study.

ABSTRACT: In recent decades, changes in people's lifestyles and occupations have led to new food consumption patterns around the world, with a notable growth in the demand for ready meals and meat products. Accordingly, the food industry has tried to transform the global food culture by promoting its more profitable products to become able to set a higher price for meat. Considering the short lifetime of products in perishable food supply chains, inventory decisions are considered crucial. In addition, the demand for perishable food products is greatly affected by their freshness. In this paper, we develop a multi-objective mixed-integer non-linear programming model for a four-level sustainable supply chain (SC) of a perishable product with price-dependent demand and deterioration rates. The SC cons

SUBMITTER: Mohammadi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10389746 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature